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AIR ~ Movement of the Day:Day 33 of the 100 Day Challenge. We think classic squats are getting too easy for the likes of our strong, dedicated 100 Day Challenge participants! Give Jump Squats a try today! Remember to keep those knees tracking out and use a medicine ball to keep your form pristine. [Click here for additional Workouts]

Journal: When’s the last time you let someone get close to you? Not romantically, but in an honest, authentic opening of your life to them – with the aim of mutually supporting and intentional refining each other. For us to experience consistent growth, it is essential to have others who are like-but-not-exactly-the-same-as us in our lives. List in your journal three people you’d consider yourself this kind of close to. Recognize what a gift these people are to you, and you to them. [Click here for additional Journal exercises]

I’m one of those people who’d rather eat a plate of steak tips or whole roasted chicken instead of a salad or raw veggies any meal of the week. My husband Jesse has to remind me to “eat my colors.” But this vegetarian recipe is so delicious I could eat it for days on end. This is a great fall dish to bring to potlucks or Thanksgiving celebrations. Make a bunch extra and use the leftovers to serve with some eggs for breakfast. Special thanks to my buddy, Pete, for introducing me to this doozie at our Friends’ Thanksgiving party a few years back.

chop all the spuds, being sure to gouge out the eyes and shave off all the green skin (I like to take the skin off the sweet potatoes and yams completely, which can reduce the saponin content). I like to cut them into finger food sizes, like an extra stubby steak fry.

get a pot of water boiling, 1/3 to half full

once it’s boiling, add the sweet potatoes and yams and let them parboil. Don’t overcook, otherwise they will be too soft. They should be a bit undercooked when you strain them.

vital behavior: save the water to use as a vegetable stock for soup. Yummy minerals!

cut the onions into eights: first in half so you see the rings, then each half into quarters so each quarter has a little bit of the root to hold it together.

cut the garlic into half so that you can lay them open on the baking sheet.

when the spuds are strained and cooled, put all your chopped root vegetables in a bowl. Add some melted coconut oil and stir it up. I like to use my hands to make sure everything is coated properly.

chop all the spices. Put the veggies on a cookie sheet and spice them up (optional secret ingredient: cinnamon. It counters the sweetness of the yams and naturally inhibits insulin release!).

bake everything at 400 until the tops are slightly brown.

if you want, go in there and stir everything up a bit halfway through.

when they look done, they’re done.

Optional horseradish sauce:

While that’s all cooking you could make this easy dip. Mix one container of full-fat sour cream and one jar of fresh horseradish to taste. I like it strong, myself.